December 10, 2025

Effective January 25, 2026, NIH will require that all proposal submissions, Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) for existing awards, and Just-in-Time (JIT) requests, include Biographical Sketches and Current and Pending (Other) Support forms generated through SciENcv. Use of SciENcv for these documents will become mandatory for all applicants and awardees on and after this date.

For additional information regarding this requirement, see NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-26-018.

The Office of Research has developed a guide [docx] (Updated June 2026) to aid researchers in their NIH SciENcv biosketch development.